AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Warm staff, unsafe and understaffed

    I'm a family member of a resident and I'm torn: the facilities are nice and many staff are warm and friendly, but supervision is poor - caregivers often seem distracted by phones, impatient, and lack dementia experience. Care feels bare-minimum (cold cereal/Pop-Tarts, TV all day), residents sit unsupervised, meds have run out and there's no door alarm. Loving people but unsafe overall, so I cannot recommend it.

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    Amenities

    2.60 · 5 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
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    5. 1
    • Care

      2.0
    • Staff

      2.6
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      5.0
    • Value

      2.6

    Pros

    • Caring, loving staff reported by some families
    • Friendly and outstanding caregivers noted in positive reviews
    • Nice facilities and houses
    • Strong recommendations from some residents/families
    • Some residents consider it a permanent, happy home

    Cons

    • Staff distracted by phone use
    • Poor supervision and oversight
    • Lack of dementia care experience
    • Impatient or rushed staff
    • Promised high level of care not delivered
    • Bare-minimum care provided to some residents
    • Limited and poor dining options (cold cereal, Pop-Tarts)
    • Activities often limited to television
    • Safety lapses (no door alarm reported)
    • Medication management failures (patients ran out of medicines)
    • Residents left sitting slumped or unsupervised
    • Staff appearing to seek 'easy' clients; inconsistent care quality
    • Some reviewers explicitly do not recommend the facility

    Summary review

    Overall impression: The reviews of Rai Angels are sharply mixed, with a clear split between strong praise from some families and serious safety and quality concerns from others. Several reviewers express deep satisfaction — calling staff wonderful, caring, outstanding and describing the community as a true home where residents would not want to move. At the same time, a number of accounts describe unacceptable care practices, poor supervision, and safety issues that materially affect resident wellbeing. The volume and severity of the negative comments suggest important inconsistencies in service and performance across staff shifts or houses.

    Care quality: A recurring theme is inconsistency in the level of care. Positive reviewers describe loving, kind care and families who are very happy. Contrasting reviews report that promised care levels are not met and that some residents receive only bare-minimum attention. Serious examples cited include medication mismanagement (residents allowed to run out of medicines) and residents left sitting slumped in chairs for long periods. These accounts point to both neglect of basic needs and lapses in active monitoring of residents' physical condition.

    Staff behavior and training: Staff behavior and competence are the most polarized area. Several reviews praise staff as friendly and outstanding, while multiple negative reviews describe staff distracted by phone use, impatient, too busy to keep residents safe, or looking for "easy" clients. There are explicit concerns about lack of dementia experience, which is significant if the community serves memory-impaired residents. Taken together, these comments suggest uneven staff training, supervision, or staffing levels — some teams or shifts perform well, others fall short in key caregiving tasks and resident interaction.

    Facilities and atmosphere: The physical environment is viewed positively by some reviewers who mention nice facilities and houses. However, good facilities alone do not appear to offset operational problems for reviewers who observed poor day-to-day care. Several negative reviews also describe an environment where residents "sit around all day," which contributes to a perception of institutional stagnation rather than an active, engaging living community.

    Dining and activities: Multiple reviewers report limited programming and low-quality meals. Specific complaints include meals that amount to cold cereal and Pop-Tarts and activities that are essentially limited to television. These criticisms indicate a lack of structured, meaningful engagement and inadequate dining standards for some residents, which can impact both nutrition and quality of life.

    Safety and management concerns: Concrete safety issues are raised — notably the absence of a door alarm and medication runouts — which are clear red flags for families concerned about wandering or medication adherence. The mix of glowing and damning reviews suggests variability in management oversight, staff retention, or operational control across times or houses. This variability can create a risky mismatch between expectations set at move-in and actual day-to-day care.

    Patterns and likely explanations: The data imply an inconsistent experience dependent on which staff or house a resident encounters. Positive testimonials indicate the facility can and does provide high-quality, compassionate care. Negative reports highlight systemic weaknesses: inadequate training for dementia care, insufficient staffing or rushed workflows, poor supervision, and substandard activity/dining programming. This pattern is consistent with a facility that has pockets of excellence but lacks uniform standards and reliable monitoring to ensure every resident receives the same level of service.

    What prospective families should note: Given the polarized reviews, it is important for prospective residents and families to perform targeted due diligence. Ask about staffing ratios and turnover, dementia-specific training, medication management protocols, and security measures such as door alarms. Observe mealtimes and an activity period in person, request recent inspection or incident reports, and speak with multiple current family members about consistency of care across shifts. If memory care is required, specifically confirm staff experience and training in dementia care rather than relying on general assurances.

    Bottom line: Rai Angels appears capable of providing exceptional, loving care in some instances, supported by pleasant facilities and highly regarded staff according to some reviewers. However, there are multiple, specific reports of neglectful practices, safety lapses, poor supervision, limited activities, and inadequate dining that cannot be overlooked. The facility shows a wide variance in resident experience; careful, specific evaluation and verification are essential before making placement decisions.

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    About Rai Angels

    Rai Angels offers care in a small, home-like setting with a focus on individual support, so you'll find personalized attention in places like "Angel's Heart AFH LLC" and "Rai Angels Adult Family Home Inc." rather than a big, busy institution, and they've got trained staff who help with things like medication, daily meals, laundry, and personal care, right down to toileting and moving around if you need help, and you can expect around-the-clock care since they're a licensed Adult Family Home in Longview, WA, site license number 752716, with a capacity for six residents at a time. They look after adults who need support-especially folks with dementia or mental health needs-so they have a higher level of care and more staff attention than you'd get in bigger assisted living places, which can sometimes leave people alone too long, and they've worked to keep things personal by offering six beds per home in specialized spots like Cedar Gardens AFH, Branch Creek Adult Family Home, A Time Honored Adult Family Home, and 34th House, and for those who prefer retirement communities, they're also tied to Canterbury Retirement Inn and Canterbury Gardens for larger assisted living needs.

    There's regular apartment maintenance, non-slip flooring, private or shared studios, one-bedroom apartments, and a common lobby with a reading room, plus rooms set up to be safe and easy to move around, and while people can keep pets, there are some rules, so it's good to check what's allowed before you move in. Meals, snacks, laundry, and showers are included in the fee, and you won't be asked to pay extra for those daily basics, and they also offer free massage or a haircut if you pay privately. Their staff help with memory care, hospice, palliative services, medication, and all the usual personal tasks, and they've set up programs for behavior monitoring and support with special diets and eating, since some folks need hands-on help at every step.

    If you're looking for something that isn't rushed, where people take the time to help you one-on-one, Rai Angels tries to keep care steady and compassionate, and you'll find daily activities like movie nights, bingo, music, exercise, dance, card games, bible study, worship, and karaoke, with outside events like picnics too, and for those who only need part-time help, they've got respite care as a short-term option. The homes stay secure with 24-hour security systems, and visitors can come between 9:00am and 8:00pm, which gives families a chance to stop in and check on their loved ones without a rush.

    They don't take Medicare unless it's been arranged through certification, but they do focus on giving long-term living support for older adults across Cowlitz County, always aiming to keep things calm, reliable, and more like a real home than a big institution. Rai Angels provides assisted living, memory care, and flexible support in small homes where the staff's always close by, and residents get help that matches their needs so families can know their loved ones are getting real attention and steady care.

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